A Biography of the Liu Family in Peach Blossom Mountain

Chapter 15: Swordsmanship

The next morning, Liu Zhangxu finished practicing the Qi Refining technique. He walked into the courtyard and approached the misty tea tree.

The tea tree, which had lost its withered and yellow appearance from transplantation, had begun to regain its vitality. The branches and leaves were lush and dripping with moisture from the morning dew, indicating a successful transplantation.

Liu Zhangxu felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

Looking at the 72 jade peaches hanging from the two jade peach trees, they were now the size of half a fist. Although still immature, they emitted a hint of the fragrance of peaches.

Thinking that he would be able to taste the peaches he had grown in just over two months, Liu Zhangxu's mood improved.

However, his mood soured when he thought about the fact that the family would suffer from attacks and plunder by a large number of Demonic Beasts every year when the peaches and Spirit Rice ripened. It seemed that he needed to strengthen his own strength!

Due to the family's formation unable to block the scent emitted by the ripe fruits and Spirit Rice, it would attract a large number of Demonic Beasts to come and plunder during the season of fruit and rice ripening. The battles with Demonic Beasts often resulted in casualties among the clan members. In addition to Demonic Beasts, Demonic Cultivators would also visit. The difficulty of survival for a Qi Refining cultivation family could be imagined.

After watering the peach and tea trees with spiritual spring water, Liu Zhangxu went to the dining hall to have breakfast with his family.

During breakfast, due to his increased appetite, Liu Zhangxu's eating manners were no longer as elegant as before. He ate without restraint, causing the people present to cover their mouths and chuckle. Ling'er innocently asked, "Brother, why are you eating so much today?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Zhangxu blushed and felt extremely embarrassed. In the end, it was his father who answered the question, saying, "Your brother has a big appetite because of practicing the Body Refining technique."

"Will brother become fat?" the little girl asked curiously.

"No!" Liu Zhangxu replied.

After breakfast, Liu Zhangxu hurried back to his own courtyard to avoid being bombarded with questions from his younger siblings.

Once back in the courtyard, Liu Zhangxu entered the training room and began practicing spells in the morning. He started with Fireball, Water Arrow Technique, Wood Shield, and Entangling Spell.

After an hour of practice, the quality of his spells had improved slightly. Especially the Wood Shield and Entangling Spell showed significant progress. Practicing spells also had a good effect on cultivation.

Next, Liu Zhangxu began learning the Swordsmanship and Wind and Rain Sword Technique.

Swordsmanship was an improved version of Object Manipulation technique. It used the cultivator's divine sense to guide the flying sword and launch attacks with spiritual power. It had no rank and its power increased as the cultivator's cultivation level improved.

The distance and attack power of the flying sword were basically proportional to the cultivator's divine sense. When Swordsmanship reached a high level, it could even decapitate someone from a thousand miles away.

To make the flying sword fly in the sky, it required the cultivation level of Qi Refining Late Stage and sufficient spiritual power and divine sense.

After performing the hand seals, the Longquan Sword emitted a soft hum as it flew into the air and, guided by divine sense, flew towards the target stone. However, due to a slight mistake in the hand seals, the Longquan Sword fell to the ground.

Lifting the Longquan Sword into the air again, it flew a few feet before falling once more. After five attempts, his divine sense was completely depleted.

While meditating to restore his divine sense and spiritual power, Liu Zhangxu quickly took out the Wind and Rain Sword Technique to study.

This sword technique combined spells and swordsmanship, using the sword to control spells and the spells to enhance the sword. Its power was quite impressive, making it a Yellow Rank High Grade sword technique.

This sword technique used spiritual energy of wind and water to attack with the sword. It greatly increased the speed and attack range of the sword, making it quite powerful.

As Liu Zhangxu wielded the Longquan Sword, the sound of wind and rain filled the air. The fierce sword energy, driven by the power of wind and rain, shattered the target stone, and the splashing raindrops hit the surrounding stone walls, leaving pockmarks.

Liu Zhangxu sighed, realizing that this training room seemed unable to withstand much longer.

Let's continue practicing!

(End of this chapter)